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of giving many

The title is justified not so much from the point of view of giving many details for self-culture, as of giving an impulse to practice.
— from Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

opum gloriae majestas

In mundo splendor opum gloriae majestas, amicitiarum praesidia, verborum blanditiae, voluptatum omnis generis illecebrae, victoriae, triumphi, et infinita alia ab amore dei nos abstrahunt, &c. 6328 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

other great music

[ 10 ] Lambert .--This was Michael Lambert, master of chamber-music to Louis XIV., and brother-in-law to the Grand Monarque's other great music man, J. B. Lulli, who was chapel-music master.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

of great men

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men; for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

old gentleman making

"You're a damned rogue," says the old gentleman, making a hideous grimace at the door as he shuts it.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

of government might

Such an idea of government might be of some value in a new world; but we take a world already made, and formed to certain customs; we do not beget it, as Pyrrha or Cadmus did.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

of greater moment

Plans of greater moment have leaked through stone walls, and revealed their projectors.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

or gigantic mischief

It seemed to be Maule's impulse, not to ruin Alice, nor to visit her with any black or gigantic mischief, which would have crowned her sorrows with the grace of tragedy, but to wreak a low, ungenerous scorn upon her.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

old Government making

How's the old Government making out?” “It's—Won't you sit down?” “Thanks.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

of gelatin mixtures

They are commonly made of gelatin, mixtures of sugar and gelatin, or animal membrane.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

of granted money

H ÚGLÍ , town, stormed by Clive, 83 : revenue of, granted money to Clive, 117 .
— from Rulers of India: Lord Clive by G. B. (George Bruce) Malleson

oxygen gas may

c. M. Boussingault has reinvestigated a process, long known, although not usefully applied, by which pure oxygen gas may be obtained from the atmosphere at a trifling cost, so as to enable it to be collected in unlimited quantities and preserved in gasometers, like coal-gas, for application in the arts, manufactures, and sanitation.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

of God must

He then that would have forgiveness of sins, and so be delivered from the curse of God, must believe in the righteousness and blood of Christ: but he that would shew to his neighbours that he hath truly received this mercy of God, must do it by good works; for all things else to them is but talk: as for example, a tree is known to be
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

other grave matters

More particularly his Majesty decrees that the august people do declare its will upon the formation of a constitution and other grave matters, by appointing representatives of the Third Estate to the Assembly of the Estates-General."
— from The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall

of goods may

A purchase or sale of stock or of goods may be induced by fraud.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

of Glastonbury migrated

Alphege (1005-1012), Prior of Glastonbury, migrated thence
— from The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Hartley Withers

of good manners

They both considered it an essential part of good manners and gentle breeding.
— from Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

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